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The Darker Side of the Border: Episode 1: 1. The Captain of the Polestar by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Captain of the Polestar

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Episode 1: 1. The Captain of the Polestar by Arthur Conan Doyle

1. The Captain of the Polestar by Arthur Conan Doyle

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Darker Side of the Border, 1. The Captain of the Polestar by Arthur Conan Doyle

Strange apparitions for a Dundee whaling ship trapped in Arctic ice.

Strange apparitions loom for a Dundee whaling ship trapped in Arctic ice. Is it the captain's lost love? Stars Alec Heggie.

As a Dundee whaling ship becomes trapped in the Arctic, strange cries sound across the ice at night and a figure is glimpsed on the floes. 

Is it the Captain's lost love come to reclaim him?

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Dramatised by Marty Ross. 

Series of three Scottish 19th century tales of terror and mystery.

Craigie    ......    Alec Heggie
Milne    ......    James Bryce
Doctor    ......    Nick Underwood
Williamson    ......    John Buick  
McLeod    ......    Brian Pettifer 

Producer: Bruce Young 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.

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Series of Scottish 19th-century tales of terror and mystery, dramatised by Marty Ross

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